Horace Gilbert

Horace Gilbert (1747-1810) was a colonel of the British Army during the American Revolutionary War.

Biography
Horace Gilbert was born in London, England in 1747, and he became a colonel in the British Army's dragoons. During the American Revolutionary War, his dragoon regiment was dispatched to North America to assist in quelling the American uprising, and he served in Banastre Tarleton's legion. In January 1781, his regiment suffered heavy losses at the Battle of Cowpens, and it was put to flight by the Continental Army forces. Gilbert died in London in 1810.